ST. LOUIS – After being sworn in as Missouri’s first woman Attorney General last month, Catherine Hanaway promised to continue her predecessor’s ongoing legal battle with with St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery.

Late Monday afternoon, Hanaway made two posts on the X social media app saying she’d asked the Missouri Supreme Court “to hold … Montgomery accountable after he repeatedly refused to cooperate with discovery requests…”

The attorney general did not elaborate on what holding the sheriff accountable means.

Hanaway went on to say that Missourians deserve “honesty and transparency" from elected officials, and that “the rule of law must apply equally to everyone.”

The embattled city sheriff faces legal challenges on three fronts: at the local, state, and federal levels.

At the local level, city leaders and Sheriff Montgomery are in dispute over whether a new ordinance can force the sheriff’s office to transport jail inmates.

Montgomery is also facing a federal indictment and quo warranto petition from the Missouri Attorney General’s Office seeking his removal.

The ongoing indictment and petition against Montgomery outline several allegations during his tenure, including claims of financial mismanagement, along with being accused of rolling golden dice to make decisions, using a deputy to pick up his kids from school, and ordering the detainment of former St. Louis jail administrator Tammy Ross.